Lot 5013. An Iranian fritware tile with a hunting scene, Late 12th century. H 18.5, W 24 cm. Estimated price €1.500 - €2.000. Result: €2.728. Courtesy Lempertz.

Turquoise glaze with coarse craquelure. With a relief depiction of a lion hunt beneath an animal fries. Originally part of an extensive scheme of wall decor. Restored over a breakage, older retouches to the glaze, the surface slightly matte, sintering traces.

Exhibition: Centre Culturel de Boulogne-Billancourt, 26.1. - 26.3.1982

Literature: Cf. Fehérvári, Ceramics of the Islamic World in the Tareq Rajab Museum, London-New York 2000, p. 105, no. 120. 

Lempertz. Asian Art II China, Tibetan/Nepalese Art, 18.06.2017, 10:30, Brussels